Call for Papers
Updated August 30, 2024
ATLANTIS HAS ONE CURRENT CALL FOR PAPERS:
“Healing is an Act of Communion”: Critical Perspectives on Women’s Health, Wellness, and Disease. Deadline for abstracts October 31, 2024. Please see details below. *We are not open for submission other than for this specific CFP.*
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Special Issue
“Healing is an Act of Communion”:
Critical Perspectives on Women’s Health, Wellness, and Disease
Edited by:
Dr. Shannan Grant
Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint Vincent University
and
Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch
School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS: OCTOBER 31, 2024
“Healing is an act of communion” is a quote by bell hooks that motivates reflection on healing as a profound connection with ourselves, each other, and the natural world. Healing is often understood as returning to health or peace, or engaging in therapy or treatment that can be self-facilitated and/or facilitated by others.
Western and complementary medical practices are often used to heal or treat disease. This model of treatment is often described as evidence-based and patient-focused (or person-focused) and is grounded in systems biology. However, women’s and gender-inclusive health research and practices remain limited, underfunded, and often homogeneous, focusing more on medical interventions that are frequently done to women rather than with women. While current research and practices are beginning to address these gaps, much work remains.
Atlantis Journal is an open-access scholarly journal of critical gender studies. The journal is published by Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax/Kjipuktuk, Canada. This Special Issue aims to create a communal space of healing by exploring critical perspectives on health, wellness, and disease.
We invite interdisciplinary and intersectional feminist analyses that consider “race,” ethnicity, gender, sexuality, disability, socioeconomic status, and/or other dimensions of identity and social justice. Our goal is to foster a vibrant dialogue that reflects the range and diversity of experiences, welcoming holistic approaches to health and healing.
The editors endeavour to represent diverse perspectives and encourage submissions that represent one or more of the following:
• Critical perspectives on clinical research and health communications
• Transnational perspectives
• Healing perspectives, practices, and experiences
• Gender-diverse, gender-inclusive, and trans-inclusive approaches and practices
• Traditional Knowledges and health, wellness, healing, and disease
• Feminist perspectives on the body
• Intersectional analyses of health disparities
• Perspectives on wellness while living with chronic or acute medical diagnoses
• Perspectives on wellness while aging and in later life
• Analyses and experiences of mental health and emotional well-being
• Analyses and experiences of pregnancy and maternal health
Various form of scholarship will be considered, including:
• Original research
• Systematic or narrative reviews
• Commentaries, reflections and perspectives
• Interviews
Submission Process
**Please read Atlantis Journal’s scope and submission guidelines before submitting work.**
Please submit an abstract of 400 to 750 words by October 31, 2024. Diverse formats and approaches will be reviewed and considered. Abstracts should clearly outline the goals, primary content, and conclusions of the submission. Abstracts must be submitted through Atlantis’ OJS platform. Please indicate in your cover letter that your submission is for the Healing is an Act of Communion issue. Notification of abstract acceptance will be sent by November 30, 2024.
Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full article by February 1, 2025. Invitation to submit a full paper does not indicate or guarantee publication. All research papers will be sent for anonymous external peer review. Non-research submissions (e.g., reflections, literary work etc.) will be reviewed by the Special Issue editorial team with assistance from the Atlantis Editorial Board.
For questions about OJS and/or the submission process, please contact Katherine Barrett, Managing Editor: atlantis.journal@msvu.ca. For questions about submission scope and content, please contact Shannan Grant: Shannan.grant2@msvu.ca (subject title: Atlantis)
Special Issue Editorial Team:
Dr. Shannan Grant, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Faculty of Professional Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
Dr. Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, Associate Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies, School of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University
Dr. Irene Ogada, Department of Applied Human Nutrition, Faculty of Professional Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University
Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science, St. Mary’s University
Dr. Tara Pride, School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Western Ontario
Clare Goulet, Department of English, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Mount Saint Vincent University
Maggie MacIntyre, Independent Editor, Member, Women’s Health Communications Community of Practice, Mount Saint Vincent University
Tammy Bernasky, Department of Political Science, Cape Breton University
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Forthcoming Issues (submissions now closed)
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Co-Editors: Erin Fredericks, Alex Khasnabish, and Ardath Whynacht
TAKE BACK THE FUTURE: PROCEEDINGS FROM THE 2023 WGSRF CONFERENCE
Co-editors: Claire Carter, Krystal MacLeod, Corinne Mason, and Daniella Robinson
RUPTURES, RESISTANCE, RECLAMATION: GLOBAL FEMINISMS IN A DIGITAL AGE
Co-Editors: Iqra Shagufta Cheema, Jennifer Jill Fellows, Lisa Smith
SIGNING THE SCARBOROUGH CHARTER: DIALOGUES, PROCESSES AND ACTIONS
Co-Editors: Dr. Christiana Abraham (Concordia University), Dr. Rohini Bannerjee (St. Mary’s University)
